​Welcome to Lakes Facts!
By Gabby K. and Samantha R.
​Monara:
Monerans are sigle-celled organisms that do not have a nucleus, and live in a variety of biomes.
Escherichia coli:
E. coli are bacilli shaped (rod shaped). They can be found in the sand of Great Bear Lake.

Escherichia coli (E. coli)

Vibrio cholerae:

Bacilli shaped (rod shaped)

They are mostly found in Estuarine or freshwater enviroments

Vibro Cholerae

Protist:
Protists are a single or multi-celled organism that has a nucleus. They can be protozoan or algae.

Protozoan:
Protozoa are "animal-like" organisms that do not have a cell wall, or chlorophyll.

Heliozoans actinosphaerium



They are found in both fresh water and marine environments.


Algae:​
Algae is an "animal-like" organism that has a cell wall and chlorophyll. An example of algae is
Euglena (Euglena gracilis). Euglena live in fresh water.

Euglena illustration

Kingdom Fungi
Fungus are multi-celled organisms that do not have chlorphyll, and absorb nutrients from their environment.


Ascomycota
Definition: cup-shaped fungi

Penicillium rubrum

Penicillium rubrum

Classification:
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycete
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Trichocomacae
Genus: Penicillium
Species: rubrum
Location: near lakes

Oomyces javanicus

- a cuped shaped fungus


Common name: water mold
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Dothideomycetes
Family: Acrospermaceae
Phylum: ascomycota
location: still freshwater
Kingdom: fungi


Chytridomycota

Definition: Chytridomycota is found in water and soil

Phlytochytrium aureliae





Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Chytridiomycota
Class: Chytridiomycetes
Familly: Chytridiaceae
Genus: Phlytochytruim
Species: aureliae
Location: it is connected to seaweed at the bottoms of over 60 lakes

Basidiomycota​-a closely packed fungus

Plums and Custard

Kingdom: fungi

Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Aqaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Common name: Plums and Custard
live near fresh water habitat

Plants- a kingdom in which the organisims have a cell wall, chlorophyll, and are multi-celled and make their own food.

Magnoliophyta- flowering plant

Eleocharis equisetoides (knotted spikerush)

Cyperaceae

kingdom- Plantae
phylum-Anthophyta
class-Monocots
order-Cyperales
live-costal plain pond

Anthopleura Artemisia (Canada Anemone)

Magnoliopsida-seed plants that produce an embryo

family-Ranunculace

class-Magnoliopsida

phylum-Cnidaria

order-Ranunculales

kingdom-plantae

live- near freshwater

Divisoin-Magniophyta

Liliopsida

Definition- plants that have a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves​

Hydrilla


Kingdom- Plantae
Phylum- Tracheophyta
Class- Liliopsida
Order- Hydorcharitales
Family- Hydrocharitaceae
Genus- Hydrilla
Species- verticellata
location: Grows on the surface of water and forms dense mats that are thick enough for ducks to walk on.

Magnoliopsida
Definition- multi-celled plants with net-viened leaves.

Parrot Feather

parrot feather

Kingdom- Plantae
Phylum- Tracheopyta
Class- Magnoliopsida
Order- Haloragales
Family- Haloragaceae
Genus- Myriophyllum
Species- aquatcum
Scientific name- Myriophyll aquatcum
Location- in the ground, or on the water surface


Rhodophyta
definition-mostly multi-celled, marine algae

Warty Gracilari


Kingdom- Plantae
Phylum- Rhodophyta
Class- Florideophyceae
Order- Gracilariales
Family- Pyraloidea
Genus- Gracilaria
Species- gracilis
Scientific name- Gracilaria gracilis
Location- found at water's edge

Chlorophyta
Definition- a division of green algae that contains chlorphyll and stores food

Green Algae



Kingdom- Plantae
Phylum- Chlorophyta
Class- Ulvophyceae
Order- Cladophorales
Family- Scarabaeoidea
Genus- Cladophora
Species- glomerata
Scientific name- Cladophora glomerata
Location- bottom of lakes


Equisetophyta
Definition: a class of plants commonly known as horstails. They typically grow in wet areas, and have needle-like leaves.
Marsh Horsetail




Kingdom- Plantae
Phylum- Tracheophyta
Class- Equisetopsida
Order- Equisetales
Family- Equisetaceae
Genus- Equisetum
Species- paulustre
Scientific name- Equisetum palustre
Location- found along cold streams, lakeshores, and in ponds

Rhodophyta
Definition- mostly multi-celled, marine algae

Lake Quillwort



Kingdom- Plantae
Phylum-Tracheophyta
Class- Lycopsida
Order- Lycopodiales
Family- Lycopodaceae
Genus- Isoetes
Species- lacustris
Scientific name- Isoetes lacustris
Loacation- on sandy or rocky bottoms of lakes


Bangia Atropurea

Bangiophyceae- family of protoctist

family-Bangiaceae
order-Bangiales
class-Bangiophyceae
phylum-Rhodophyta
kindom-Plantae
live-in lake

Aythya americana (muskgrass)


Chordata- phylum comprising the chordates.
family- Anatidae
phylum- Chordata
class- Aves
order- Anseriformes
kingdom- Plantae
live-in freshwater
division- Chlorophyta
Syntrichia obtsissima
Bryophyta- a division of nonflowering plants

Syntrichia ruralis Weber & D. Mohr, 1803

family- Noctuiodea
order- Pottiales
class-Bryopside
phylum-Bryophyta
kingdom-Plantae
division-Bryophyta
live- near freash water


Animal kingdom
Animals are multi-celled, and digest food inside of body.

Cnidaria
Definition- They live in water, have two layers of cells seperated by a jelly-like substance.

Freshwater Jellyfish (invertebrate)


Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Cnidaria
Class- Hydrozoa
Order- Limnomedusae
Family- Olindiidae
Genus- Craspedacusta
Species- sowerbyi
Scientific name- Craspedacusta sowerbyi
Location- They can be found in calm freshwater lakes throughout the world.

Mollusca
Definition- They have a soft body, well developed organ system, and some of them have hard shells.

Quagga Mussel (invertebrate)



Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Mollusca
Class- Bivalvia
Order- Veneroida
Family- Apoidea
Genus- Dreissena
Species- bugensis
Scientific name- Dreissena bugensis
Location- They can be found in freshwater lakes (were found in the great lakes).


Arthropoda
Definition- multiple body segments, jointed appendage, and a exoskeleton (hard outer covering for protection).

Giant Water Bug (invertebrate)



Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Arthropoda
Class- insecta
Order- Hemiptera
Family- Belostomatidae
Genus- Lethocerus
Species- americanus
Scientific name- Lethocerus americanus
Location- Found in/by freshwater across North America (with the exception of California).

Lamprey
Defintion- an eellike marine, or freshwater fish, that has a cicular mouth with horny teeth.

Silver Lamprey (vertebrate)



Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- chordata
Class- agnatha
Order- Petromyzontiformes
Family- Petromyzontinae
Genus- Ichthyomyzon
Species- unicuspis
Scientific name- Ichthyomyzon unicuspis
Location- Found in large rivers, and lakes.

Osteichthyes
Definition- a fish with gills, skeleton of made of bones two pairs of fins, they lay eggs, and have a ectotherm (an organism that's body temperature is the same as the environments).

Lake Sturgeon (vertebrate)



Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Osteichthyes
Order- Acipenseriformes
Family- Acipenseridae
Genus- Acipenser
Species- fulvescens
Scientific name- Acipenser fulvescens
Location- Found at the bottoms of lake, and large rivers.

Mammalia (vertebrate)
Definition- They have a advanced nervous system and brain, they have lungs, feed their young with milk, and have endotherms ( an organism that has a body temperature that remains constant).
American Beaver


Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Mammalia
Order- Rodentia
Family- Castoridae
Genus- Castor
Species- canadensis
Scientific name- Castor canadensis
Location- They build lodges which are built on islands, the banks of ponds, and on shores of lakes.



Box Turtle (vertebrate)
definition- any cold-blooded vertebrate

Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Reptilia
Order- Tastudines
Family- Emydidae
Scientific name- Terrapene carlolina bauri
live- near freshwater



Round Goby ( vertebrate)
definition- vertebrates and those animals having a notochord

Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Actinopterygii
Order- Perciformes
Family- Gobiidae
Scientific name- Neogobius melanostomus
live- in lakes and ponds



Muskellunge (vertebrate)
definition- a group of bony fish

Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Choronia
Class- Actinopterygii
Order- Esociformes
Family- Esocidae
Scientific name- Esox magquinongy

live- in lakes



Zebra Mussel (invertebrate)
definition- having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or
partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body

Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Mollusca
Class- Bivalvia
Order- Veneroida
Family- Dreissenidae
Scientific name- Dreissena polymorpha
live- on rocks in lakes and ponds

Scaverger Beetle (invertebrate)
definition- air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts

Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Arthropoda
Class- Insecta
Order- Coleoptera
Family- Hydrophiloidea
Scientific name- Chaetarthria leechi miller
live- in freshwater

Red-headed inchworm (invertebrate)
definition- having a segmented body, jointed limbs

Kindom- Animalia
Class- Insecta
Order- Lepidoptera
Family- Geometridea
Scientific name- Macaria bisignata
live- near freshwater

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